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Misleading EEG Lateralization Associated With Midline Shift.

Gena R Ghearing¹, Sergiu Abramovici, Alexandra Popescu

¹Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society

|July 7, 2017

Summary

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New findings suggest that midline shift (MLS) can cause epileptiform discharges and seizures in the hemisphere opposite a brain lesion. This challenges previous understandings of MLS as a cause of neurological events.

Area of Science:

Neurology
Neurosurgery
Neurophysiology

Background:

Midline shift (MLS) is associated with ipsilateral epileptiform discharges and seizures.
The occurrence of contralateral epileptiform discharges and seizures due to MLS has not been previously documented.

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